Photo ID: 104959 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1742 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern A quick roster shot of a gray Kansas City Southern SD70MAC. It is currently on lease to BNSF and led BNSF's Provo, UT to Denver, CO manifest over the former Rio Grande. From this point, it will have a straight shot the rest of the way in to the yard. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104958 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1852 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF On a very chilly January morning, a KCS-led BNSF (trackage rights) manifest approaches the grade crossing at Simms Street in Arvada. There was no horn to be heard at this moment, as the grade crossing at Simms Street has been converted to a "quiet zone", to keep Arvada a little quieter. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104957 Date Shot Photo By Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1949 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Kansas City Southern (ALL), BNSF It isn't too often that a Kansas City Southern unit shows up on the Moffat, let alone on the point. However, on this (very snowy) Wednesday morning, a gray KCS SD70MAC leads a BNSF manifest east out of Leyden toward Denver. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104917 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1543 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific An SD70ACe leads two AC4400CWs on a very long MNYRO. Some of these cars will dropped off in Grand Junction before the rest of the train continues on Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104916 Date Shot Photo By Friday, January 9, 2015 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1525 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific While trains in the 21st century typically don't run on a schedule, many trains do frequently depart their originating terminal around the same time each day. For a long time, UP's MNYRO departed North Yard in the morning, usually 30-45 minutes before Amtrak. However, UP seems to have changed things up a bit and now and the MNYRO is departing in the late afternoon / early evening. Here, the westbound is approaching Leyden. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104535 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1332 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific With a cold tree as a frame, this eastbound load emerges from the fog and passes by frozen weeds as it continues on the last six miles of its journey before being turned over to a new crew. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104534 Date Shot Photo By Monday, February 10, 2014 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1370 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific It is a dark, chilly, foggy morning in Arvada along the Moffat! This eastbound coal load appears out of the fog (with some nice effects from the headlights) as it approaches the grade crossing at Simms Street. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104475 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1506 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This westbound manifest had a single DPU bringing up the rear. Unfortunately, it was facing the "wrong way" for a picture. Even with that being the case, the unit itself - a C44AC-CTE - looks pretty good. These Tier 2 compliant variations on the AC4400CW are some of the most common units on Union Pacific's 8,000+ unit roster. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104474 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1424 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific The approach (yellow) signal at east Leyden is an indication that the maintenance window on the Moffat hasn't quite come to a close! This train will hold the main at Leyden for a bit until maintenance has cleared up. One thing to note is the signal itself. The signals at east Leyden are the only signals from the DRGW days (save for the signal bridge at Utah Junction) that have not yet been replaced. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104473 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1549 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific A hint of yellow is showing up in the trees behind this manifest in Arvada. This particular manifest is headed for Phippsburg (or "P-Burg", as it is known on the railroad). From there, a local will run these hoppers to their destination(s) further west on the branch in Steamboat Springs or Craig. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104472 Date Shot Photo By Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1568 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Traffic on the Moffat is slowly returning to normal. Very little traffic is running during the day right now as maintenance continues to do some work on the line. But the California Zephyr returned to the line last Saturday and traffic at night has picked up. Here, a westbound manifest headed for Phippsburg on the Craig Branch crosses Simms Street in the afternoon. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104468 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1354 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific This Georgetown Railway Equipment (GREX) work train was used extensively during the fill reconstruction work at Plain. Hopefully the fact that the train is returning to North Yard is a sign that repairs are getting close to being complete! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104467 Date Shot Photo By Monday, October 7, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1480 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) Union Pacific Approaching Simms Street, this GREX work train is headed for North Yard. The train has been working at Plain for three weeks as part of the effort to repair the washed out fill between Tunnel 2 and Tunnel 3. The Moffat was closed on September 13th (Friday the Thirteenth!) when flood waters demolished the fill. Eight days earlier, UP opened the Moffat at night to a handful of coal trains. The fill still needed reinforcing though, so it has been 24 days since a train (other than a work train) ran on the Moffat. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104404 Date Shot Photo By Thursday, April 25, 2013 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1296 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF This eastbound BNSF manifest is approaching the grade crossing at Simms Street in Arvada after meeting Amtrak at Leyden. Not uncommon is the large number of tank cars that make up the train. A bit more uncommon, however, is the Heritage 1 C44-9W leading the train! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 104152 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, March 17, 2012 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Simms Street Arvada, CO 1666 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Moffat Tunnel (UP) BNSF After meeting its westbound counterpart at Leyden, this Provo-Lincoln train is whining in dynamics as it heads east toward Denver. After a crew change, the train will continue on to Lincoln, NE. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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